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Binil Thomas

Binil Thomas

Presales/Delivery Manager/Project Manager(PMP)®
Abu Dhabi

Summary

Enthusiastic and results-oriented business leader with rich experience in Pre-sales, Delivery Management, Product Management, and Project Management. Hands-on, proactive manager with adaptable and creative approach. Has a good track record of building and transforming emerging technology practices from incubation into high-profit businesses across different domains. With a strong customer focus, has rich experience leading large-scale projects with multi-disciplinary teams across the UK, US, UAE, and Asia. Currently, the Pre-sales Head with outstanding presentation skills, drives constant process innovation and creates strategic alliances with cross-business units and global organizations to effectively align with and support key business initiatives.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

VP (Pre-sales Head)

Cogniphi Technologies Limited
01.2020 - Current
  • Lead Client presentations to CXO’s/Director/Decision Makers. Handling RFI / RFP, proposal writing & leading commercial negotiations. Recently, was instrumental in closing some large deals in the Life science (top Life Sciences company ) and Manufacturing vertical.
  • Liaised with sales team and delivery team to actively qualify and analyze customer requirements, and implemented solutions to best suit customer needs.
  • Played key role in engaging, building and developing strategic relationship with multiple stakeholders/partners to maximise opportunity at all levels of business.
  • Worked on large solution proposals and responding to RFI/RFP requests in different verticals like Retail, Manufacturing, Life sciences and Public sector (Smart city).
  • Recognized by Client and Partner multiple times for providing exceptional presentation.

VP of Engineering (Head of Projects & Products)

Ideas And Innovation Squared Technologies
11.2015 - 12.2019

Ideas and Innovation Squared Technologies Private Ltd is part of Cogniphi Technologies Ltd.

  • Overall delivery management responsibility for all software services(delivery engagements) and product management.
  • Led a cross-functional team to develop and launch a new product line, contributing to significant growth in sales(25% of sales revenue).
  • Successfully delivered projects across verticals (Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare) on-time, on-budget and with highest quality.
  • Played key role(Product Owner) for security and surveillance product (certified by Gartner) built on ITAC platform(IOT and AI Technologies).
  • Created innovative solutions to architectural problems, enabling successful project completion.
  • Established and implemented effective program management and delivery governance framework for all accounts within portfolio.
  • Established operational metrics to measure, monitor and improve release delivery and performance.
  • Conducted monthly operational excellence review with key stakeholders.
  • Motivated and led project team including setting & reviewing goals/KPAs/ targets.
  • Managed software life cycles and SLA(achieved >99.1% SLA through incident management process)
  • Reduced support cost by 15% by developing new work flows.
  • Reported project health against established service level agreements at monthly for senior management reviews(C-Level)
  • Presented solutions using IoT and Visual Intelligence (AI) which helped to bag new opportunities.

Project Manager

Infosys Technologies Ltd.
01.2006 - 01.2015
  • Successfully handled large scale implementation/rollouts/support/upgrade projects for Retail CPG giants.
  • Performed risk assessment, create RFP's, service agreements and KPI’s
  • Provided weekly status to management including progress and action plans for addressing risks/issues/changes.
  • Implemented process and procedures to strengthen operations and gained Customer Satisfaction with new business.
  • Implemented Tools to enhance productivity and achieved 8% of cost savings.
  • Manage and perform process of SOW and contract creation.
  • Mentored team members provided technical leadership and performance reviews.

Senior Test Engineer

Mindtree (erstwhile AztecSoft )
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Received the award for the best QA in the Organization ‘2005
  • Won several Client appreciations for excellence in QA
  • Preparation of Test Strategy, Test estimation
  • Conducted review of Test cases
  • Conducted RTM Review
  • Driven Defect Management meetings
  • Assisted Test Lead in preparation of Test Closure Reports
  • Attended Quality gate meetings.

Test Engineer

Frontier Infolabs
01.2003 - 01.2004
  • Test Requirements analysis
  • Prepared RTM and Test Cases
  • Test case execution(browser compatibility testing) and logged defects
  • Provided support for UAT testing
  • Test Documentation
  • Provide status report and defect report to Test Lead.

Associate Software Engineer

Arandez Infotech
01.2002 - 01.2003
  • Coding & bug fixing on report module
  • Provide status report to Module lead
  • Assisted in creating projects documents.

Education

Master of Computer Applications -

RVS College
Coimbatore, India
04.1999 - 03.2002

Skills

  • Delivery Management
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    Certification

    Project Management Professional (PMP)

    Awards Recognition

    • Cogniphi Technologies Limited - Received multiple appreciations from Customers and Partner companies (UST, Microsoft & SAP) for presentations done at various Tech events and forumns.
    • Ideas and Innovation Squared Technologies Private Ltd (II2) - Received appreciation from the CEO, and board of Directors for the successful delivery of the innovative solution in the Security and Surveillance sector which was certified by Gartner (2016).
    • Received appreciation from II2 Partner company for leading the business development activity and winning the Digital Transformation project for a Global Client (large deal) in the healthcare sector.(2020)
    • Infosys - Holds merit of successfully managing projects: My project was featured in the Top 25 projects list in the organization for two consecutive years.
    • DReaM Award - For successfully Managed High-Risk project in SAP vertical.
    • Best People Manager Award ‘2011.
    • Recognized for bringing in innovation and excellence and implementing in multiple projects.
    • Defect Prediction Model – IP for the Infosys Quality Team. Tools –Test Builder/ISTS (achieved 30% of effort savings in Test Planning). -TASK (tool for test data mining in SAP. Achieved 25% of effort savings in Test data effort).

    Key Highlights

    • Played a key role in developing the solution for the Security and Surveillance sector. This was certified by Gartner and successfully delivered to one of the largest NBFCs.
    • Contribution to iTAC platform and Vision Intelligence Platform.
    • Driven the Business Development initiatives and improved revenue by 15% for the portfolio within a year.
    • Redefined the IoT platform and launched new mobile apps for two different verticals with great success.
    • Presented solutions using IoT and Visual Intelligence (AI) for digital transformation in the manufacturing industry (Industry Automation 4.0)
    • Introduced new process initiatives in customer service. Helped customer retention by >95%.
    • Developed tools as part of productivity improvement and quality initiatives.
    • Managed SLA, created better value for the client, and achieved consistently high ratings as part of client feedback.
    • Managed multi-million-dollar projects, led and inspired large teams (team size 100+) comprising of managers, architects, business analysts, software engineers, consultants, QA, and contractors in a multi-cultural, multi-vendor environment with complex breed technologies and landscapes.
    • Good exposure to the Global Delivery Model (GDM) and implementation of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) model.
    • Formulated continuous process improvements (Agile, Scrum, Kanban), incorporating business process initiatives to increase efficiency and streamline of business operations.

    Mailing Address

    Flat No.112, C59 building, Near Etihad Plaza

    Al Merief Street, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi.

    Personal Information

    • Date of Birth: 05/10/78
    • Gender: Male
    • Nationality: Indian
    • Marital Status: Married

    Timeline

    VP (Pre-sales Head)

    Cogniphi Technologies Limited
    01.2020 - Current

    VP of Engineering (Head of Projects & Products)

    Ideas And Innovation Squared Technologies
    11.2015 - 12.2019

    Project Manager

    Infosys Technologies Ltd.
    01.2006 - 01.2015

    Senior Test Engineer

    Mindtree (erstwhile AztecSoft )
    01.2004 - 01.2006

    Test Engineer

    Frontier Infolabs
    01.2003 - 01.2004

    Associate Software Engineer

    Arandez Infotech
    01.2002 - 01.2003

    Master of Computer Applications -

    RVS College
    04.1999 - 03.2002
    Binil ThomasPresales/Delivery Manager/Project Manager(PMP)®